Stilt
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:''For the journal of the [[Australasian Wader Studies Group]], see [[Stilt (journal)|Stilt]]''
{{Taxobox
| name = Stilts
| image = Blackneckstilt_monterey_madrabbit.jpg
| image_width = 250px
| image_caption = [[Black-necked Stilt]]
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]]
| classis = [[bird|Aves]]
| ordo = [[Charadriiformes]]
| familia = [[Recurvirostridae]]
| subdivision_ranks = Genera
| subdivision =
''Himantopus''<br/>
''[[Banded Stilt|Cladorhynchus]]''
}}
'''Stilts''' are [[wader]]s in the same [[bird]] family as the [[avocet]]s. They are found in brackish or saline wetlands in warm or hot climates.
They have extremely long legs, hence the group name, and long thin bills. Stilts typically feed on aquatic insects and other small creatures and nest on the ground surface in loose colonies.
The is some dispute about the taxonomy of the stilts. ''Handbook of Birds of the World'' recognises three species in two genera:
*[[Black-winged Stilt]] or White-backed Stilt, ''Himantopus himantopus''
**[[Black-necked Stilt]], ''Himantopus (himantopus) mexicanus''
*[[Black Stilt]], ''Himantopus novaezelandiae''
*[[Banded Stilt]], ''Cladorhynchus leucocephalus''
A [[fossil]] stilt has been described as ''Himantopus olsoni'', based on remains recovered in the [[Late Miocene]] [[Big Sandy Formation]] of [[Wickieup]], [[USA]].
[[category:recurvirostridae]]
[[eo:Himantopo (genro)]]
[[fr:Himantopus]]
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[[pt:Himantopus]]
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